1. Africa
2. abbr. for 阿非利加洲 Āfēilìjiā Zhōu

1. once
2. already
3. former
4. previously
5. ever
6. (past tense marker used before verb or clause)

1. quilt
2. to cover (with)
3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
2. alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)

1. alternative form of 彼 (bǐ, “that”)
2. alternative form of 髲 (bì, “wig”)

1. dark
2. darkly
3. darkness

1. (figurative) backward; unenlightened; evil; corrupt; sordid; dark
2. (obsolete) rhinoceros horn
3. backward; unenlightened; evil; corrupt; sordid; dark
4. dark; unlighted
5. rhinoceros horn

classifiers: 個, 塊